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Monday, January 21, 1018
CAGE TWO
ASHLAND TIDINGS
" EaUbLUhed 1870
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GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Now that the government has as
sumed administrative control of the
railroads of the country, the atten
tion of the public is leaping forward
to the possible contingency of govern
ment ownership. Already the man
agement of the roads have conceded
that this would probably come, and
express themselves as desiring such
an outcome.
There are many of the American
people who believe that the govern
ment must eventually control all pub
lic utilities. Most people, however,
require to be shown, and will watch
with keen Interest the results of the
present move. If the government
can demonstrate its ability to bring
order out of the present chaos of
transportation conditions, it will go
si long way toward convincing the
doubting Thomases among us, and
the step from government control to
government ownership may be a
ehort one and easily taken.
There are a number of features of
the present control which, If success-
Jully worked out, will clearly demon
strate the ability of the government
to handle the huge problem. Fore
most among these Is the matter of
labor. For a number of years now
the operatives have been consolidat
ing their craft organizations and of
late have presented almost a solid
front to the management, so that any
demand of theirs Inevitably assumed
the aspect of a threat. And a threat
from them the management knew to
he fraught with grave danger.
It will be Interesting to watch the
progress of the government in hand
ling this huge army of thoroughly or
ganized workers. The railroads
themselves have failed in the task.
Can Uncle Sam succeed?
When President Wilson proclaimed
the road under government control,
there was pending before the man
agement a demand from the mn for
something like a 40 per cent raise of
wages. This the roads have prompt
ly shifted to the shoulders of the
government. Will the demand be
granted, and if not. will the men have
the nerve to press their demand? If
this transpires, what will be the gov
ernment's action?
Government policy in other lines
of control has not been at all favor
able to labor organizations. For
some time now the railroad heads
have contended that the demands of
the men were unreasonable. Uncle
Sam is a liberal paymaster but
should his view coincide with that of
the management, the men may find
that their attitude in the past has
been a large factor in shifting them
lrom the frying pan into the fire.
HUMBUGfJKRY.
Old P. T. Barnum said the Amerl
can people enjoyed being humbugged,
and almost every day we give proof
to his assertion
A short time ago there was held in
New York a great bazaar in an effort
to raise funds for supplying comfort
kits for the soldiers. The enthusias
tic public patronized it heavily, and
the receipts amounted to the goodly
cum of $71,475. But now comet the
ridiculous side of this "patriotic" ef
fort. Of this large sum precisely
J 745 went to the soldier boys, while
w33R zzz , .
Fostoffice as second-class mall matter.
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the balance was absorbed by such
items as "commissions on advertise
ments for the program, rent of ex
position space, salaries for clerks,
workers and decorations."
In other words, the public paid
$70 730 for the privilege of subscrib
ing'$745 to the fund for providing
comfort kits for the soldiers"
The matter would be laughable
were It not so serious. Only a few
such Incidents will be needed to cre
ate a condition throughout the coun
try that will make it impossible for
the most worthy cause to receive any
recognition whatever. While we are
forced to agree with Barnum in large
measure, yet our gullibility has Its
limits.
And we doubt If this is the only in
cident of its kind. There are doubt
less many others that have never
come to the public notice. But this
one is sufficient to call public atten
tion to the large streak of buncomb
in so many of the so-called "patri
otic" functions.
It Is time that the authorities were
taking the matter in hand. They
should Insist that in all cases of the
kind, where the public h asked to
contribute to any benevolent purpose
whatever, assurance be given that at
least the major portion of the dona
tions reach the object for which they
are given.
The "Eat" In Meat
It really doesn't matter who first put
the "eat" In Meat the fact we want
to call your attention to is that It is
In every piece of Meat that comes
from our market.
There is a science in killing and
dressing Meats that is only learned
by long study and practice.
We believe the best is none too good
for our customers.
East Side Market
A. R. Brown, Prop. Phone 188.
LANK tmXTY CEDAR
MAY HE I SEI) BY U. S.
Lane county white cedar timber
may be used for war work by the
government, says the Eugene Regis
ter. H. B. Rankin, supervisor of the
Siuslaw national forest, has just re
turned from a trip to the forest to
gather statistics on the class of ma
terial and is now tabulating them for
use of the government.
There is a great deal of this tim
ber in the coast section of Lane and
Douglas counties within the forest
reserve, and it is probable that con
tracts will soon be made for cutting
this, as well as the spruce which has
been used extensively for airplane
stock for some time past and large
shipments of which have been made
daily to mills in and about Portland.
The spruce logs are cut near the Coos
Bay branch of the Southern Pacific
and sent to the mills to be cut into
lumber of the required dimensions.
L. A. Nelson, logging engineer of
the forest service who accompanied
Supervisor Rankin on this trip, went
on to Coos Bay, where he visited
many of the logging camps. He says
that the camps are running to their
full capacity and that all of the log
gers have become members of the
Loggers' Loyal Union.
An obsolete song:
Spare That Tree."
'Woodman,
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Frightfulness Taught
By German Leaders
In giving to the American people
the knowledge of German inhuman
ity in Belgium, says a pamphlet is
med ly the committee on public in
formation, the evidence is drawn
mainly from German and American
lources. The German sources in
clude official proclamations and
other official utterances, letters and
diaries of German soldiers, and quo
tations from German newspapers.
The "Rules for Field Service" of the
German army advises each soldier
to keep such a diary while on active
service.
In the wars waged In ancient times
It was taken for granted that con
quered peoples might be either killed,
tortured, or held as slaves; that their
properly would be taken and that their
lands would be devastated. "Vae vlc
tls ! woe to the conquered !" For two
centuries or more there has been a
"steady advance in introducing idcus of
humanity and especially In confining
(he evils of warfare to the combatants.
The ideal seemed to have become so
thoroughly established as a part of In
ternational law that the powers at The
Hague thought It sufficient merely to
Hate the general principles In Article
XLVI of the regulations : "Family hon
ors and rights, the lives of persons
and private property, as well as re
ligious convictions and practice,- must
be respected. Private property cannot
be confiscated." Germany, In common
with the other powers, solemnly
pledged her faith to keep this article,
but her mllltnry leaders had no Inten-.
tlon of doing so. They hud been
trained In the Ideas voiced by Gen. von
Hartmann 40 years ago: "Terrorism
In seen to be n relatively gentle pro
cedure, useful to keep the masses of
the people in a state of obedience."
ThlR had been Bismarck's policy, too.
According to Morltz Busch, Blsmark's
biographer, Bismarck, exasperated by
the French resistance, which was still
continuing In January, 1871, snld :
"If in the territory which we occupy,
we cannot supply everything for our
troops, from time to time we slinll send
a flying column Into the localities
which ure recalcitrant. We shall sloot,
hang and burn. After that hns hap
pened a few times, the inhabitants will
finally come to their senses."
Horrors Told in Soldiers' Diaries.
The frightfulness taught by the Ger
man leaders held full sway In Belgium.
This Is best seen In the entries in the
diaries of the Individual German sol
diers. "During the night of August 15-16
Engineer Gr gave the alarm in the
town of Vise. Every one was shot or
taken prisoner, and the houses were
burnt. The prisoners were made to
march and keep up with the troops."
(From the diary of noncommissioned
officer Ttelnhold Koehn of the Second
battalion of engineers, Third army
corps.)
"A horrible bnth of blood. The whole
village burnt, tin French thrown Into
the blazing houses, civilians with the
rest." (From the diary of Private
Hassemer of the Eighth army corps.)
"In the night of August 18-19 the vil
lage of Saint-Maurice was punished
for having fired on German soldiers by
being burnt to the ground by the Ger
man troops (two regiments, the
Twelfth Inmlwehr and the Seven
teenth.) TIip village was surrounded,
men posted about o yard from one an
other, so that no one could get out.
Then the Uhlans set fire to it, house
by house. Neither man. woman, nor
child could escape; only the greater
part of the live stock we carried off,
as that could be used. Anyone who
ventured to come out was shot down.
All the Inhabitants left in the village
were burnt with the houses." (From
the diary of Private Karl Scheufele of
the Third Bavarian regiment and land
wehr Infantry.)
"At ten o'clock in the evening the
first battalion of the One hundred and
Seventy-eighth marched down the steep
Incline Into the burning village to the
burning village to the north of Dinant.
A terrific spectacle of ghastly beauty.
At the entrance to the vlllnge lay about
fifty dead eivllluns. shot for having
fired upon our troop from ambush. In
the course of the night many others
were also hot. so that we counted over
200. Women and children, lamp In
band, were forced to look on at the
horrible scene. We ate our rice later
In the midst of the corpses, for we had
had nothing since morning. When we
searched rfie houses we found plenty
of wine and spirit, hut no eatables.
Captain Hamann was druuk." (This
last phrase In shorthand.) (From the
diary of Private Phlllpp of the One
Hundred and Seventy-eighth regiment
of Infantry, Twelfth army corps.)
Writing from Belgium in 1916 Irrin
S. Cobb a!d :
("Brlefly what I saw was this: I saw
wide areas of Belgium and France In
which not a penny's worth of wanton
iestruction had been permitted to oc
cur. In which the ripe pears hung un
touched upon the garden walls; and I
saw other wide ureas where scarcely
one stone had been left to stand upon
another; where the fields were rav
aged; where the male villagers had
been shot in squads; where the miser
able survivors had been left to den in
holes, like wild beasts."
Even Soldiers Horrified.
Some German soldiers, we are glad
to see, showed their horror at the foul
ieds committed in Belgium.
"The inhabitants have fled In the vil
lage. It was horrible. There was clot
ted blood on all the beards, and what
faces one saw, terrible to behold ! The
dead, GO in all, were at once burled.
Among them were many old women,
some old men, and a half-delivered
woman, awful to see; three children
hnd clasped each other, and died thus.
The altar and the vaults of the church
are shattered. They had a telephone
there to communicate with the enemy.
This morning, September 2, all the sur
vivors were expelled, and I saw four
little boys carrying a cradle, with a
baby five or six months old in tt, on
two sticks. All this was terrible to
see. Shot after shot! Thunderbolt
after thunderbolt ! Everything Is given
over to pillage ; fowls and the rest all
killed. I saw a mother, foo, with her
two children one hnd a great wouad
on the head and had lost an eye."
(From the diary of Lance Corporal
Paul Splelman of the Ersatz, first bri
gade of Infantry of the Guard.)
" ... In the night the Inhabitants
of Liege beenme mutinous. Forty per
sons were shot and 15 houses demol
ished, 10 soldiers shot. The sights here
make you cry.
"On the 23rd of AugURt everything
quiet. The Inhabitants have so far
given In. Seventy students were shot,
200 kept prisoners. Inhabitants re
turning to Liege.
"August 24. At noon with 36 men on
sentry duty. Sentry duty Is A 1, no post
allocated to me. Our occupation, apart
from bathing, is eating and drinking.
We live like God In Belgium." (From
the diary of Joh. van der Schoot, re
servist of the Tenth company, Thirty
ninth reserve infantry regiment, Sev
enth reserve army corps.)
"Behaved Like Vandals."
"August 17. In the afternoon I had
a look at the little chateau belonging
to one of the king's secretaries (not at
home). Our men had behaved like
regular vandals. They hnd looted the
cellar first, and then they hud turned
their attention to the bedrooms and
thrown things about all over the place.
They had even made fruitless efforts
to smash the safe open. Everything
was topsy-turvy magnificent furni
ture, silk, and even china. Tliut's what
happens when the men are allowed to
requisition for themselves. I urn sure
they must have taken away a heap of
useless stuff simply for the pleusure of
looting."
"August Cth crossed frontier. Inhab
itants on border very good to us and
give us many things. There is no dif
ference noticeuble.
"August -'3rd, Sunday (between Bir
il and Dinant, village of Disonge).
At 11 o'clock the order comes to ud
vunce after the artillery has thorough
np prepured the ground uheud. The
Pioneers and Infantry regiment 178
were marching in front of us. Near
a small village the latter were fired on
by the inhabitants. About '220 inhab
itants were shot and the village was
burut artillery is continuously shoot
ingthe village lies in a large ravine.
Just now, six o'clock in the afternoon,
the crossing of the Mans begins near
Dinant
All villages, chateaux,
end houses ure burnt down during this
night. It was a beautiful sight to see
the tires ull round us in the distance.
"August 24. In every village one
finds only heaps of ruins and many
dead." From the diary of Matbern,
Fourth company. Eleventh Juger bat
tulion, Marburg.)
All Male Inhabitants Shot
"A shell burst near he Eleventh
company, and wounded seveu men,
three very severely. At five o'clock we
were ordered by the officer in com
mand of the regiment to shoot all the
male inhabitants of Nomeny, because
the population was foolishly attempt
ing to stay the advance of the Germnn
troops by force of urms. We broke into
the houses, and seized all who resisted,
in order to execute them according to
martial law. The houses which hud
not been already destroyed by the
French artillery and our own were set
on fire by us, so that nearly the whole
town was reduced to ashes. It Is a ter
rible sight when helpless women and
children, utterly destitute, are herded
together and driven Into France."
(From the diury of Private Fischer,
Eighth Bavarian regiment of Infantry,
Thirty-third reserve division.)
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Dart left
Thursday evening for Oakland, Cal.,
where they will spend the rest of the
winter for the benefit of Mrs. Dart's
health.
YOU young men and women who have not
yet formed financial connections should find
that a call at the First National Bank will do
much to initiate you into the "mysteries" of
banking. We shall be glad to explain those fac
ilities and services which will best suit your needs.
Our unqualified endorsement Is given to the government plan
of Thrift and Savings Stamps as a means of promoting profit
able investment upon a small scale.
' "The Bank That Helps Itself by Helping Patrons."
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m ASHLAND S OREGON
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MXTH AXM'AL POHTLAXD
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Portland, Ore., Jan. 21. The
ninth annual Portland Automobile
Show will be held in the new city
auditorium here from February 1
to 13, inclusive.
Reduced rates to the show have
been granted by the railroads from
points in Oregon and the northwest.
In connection with the automobile
show this year there will be held
also a big truck and tractor show to
emphasize the forward strides made
by the motor truck and the tractor
during the past year.
Thus the show will be of particu
lar interest to every farmer who is
thinking of buying a motor truck to
add to the efficiency of his farming
methods, as well as to the prospec
tive purchaser of a passenger auto
mobile. Great stress will be laid upon the
practical side of the automobile at
the coming. show. The keynote will
be utility and practicability. The
automobile has long ceased to be a
luxury to be enjoyed only by the very
rich, and has become a business and
commercial necessity.
The passenger automobile has
freed the farmer from Isolation, has
brought him miles nearer his buying
and selling markets, and has saved
him many working hours through the
ground-covering ability of his car.
Similarly, the motor truck and the
farm tractor are Increasing the
amount of work he can accomplish
at actually decreased expense, and
are adding vastly to farming effi
ciency,.
The government Is encouraging
the use of farm tractors to speed up
production of foodstuffs.
All the latest motor car, truck and
tractor models will be seen at the
show. The committee in charge has
issued a special invitation to dealers
and all persons Interested to take
advantage of the special reduced rail
road round trip rates during the
show to visit it.
BEST WAR-TIME RECIPES.
Apple Gems.
One cup corn meal, 1 V4 cups flour,
'i teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons su
gar, 5 teaspoons Royal. Baking Pow
der. 1 cup milk, 4 sour apples, 2 ta
blespoons molasses. Mix thoroughly
dry ingredients; add enough milk to
make thick hatter. Beat well. Add
apples chopped fine and m,olasses.
Bake in hot greased gem pans 15 to
20 minutes.
Corn Meal Muffins.
Three-quarters cup corn meal, 1 U
cups flour, Vt teaspoon salt, 2 tea
Portland's Ninth Annual
Automobile Show
Latest models in Farm Tractors, Tracks and
Automobiles
Portland's-Magnificent New Auditorium
One Week Commencing Thursday, Feb, 7
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spoons Royal Baking Powder, 2 ta
blespoons sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 table
spoons shortening. Mix thoroughly
dry ingredients; add milk and melted
shortening and beat well. Bake In
greased muffin tins in hot oven about
20 minutes.
Rye anil Corn Meul Muffins.
One and one-half cups rye flour,
',i cup corn meal, V teaspoon salt, .
4 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1
tablespoon sugar, cup milk and
water, 1 tablespoon shortening. Mix
thoroughly dry ingredients; add milk
and water and melted shortening.
Beat well. Bake in greased muffin
pans In Hot oven 20 to 35 minutes.
! Rye Muffins.
One cup flour, 1 cup rye flour, 4
teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1
tablespoon sugar, 1 tea-spoon salt, 1
cup milk and water, 2 tablespoons
shortening. Mix and sift dry ingredi
ents; add milk and melted shorten
ing and beat until smooth. Bake in
greased muffin tins in hot oven 25
to 30 minutes.
The first new marine ,corps service
uniform to be seen in Med ford is that
which graces the manly form of Bill
Fancher, now here on a ten days' fur
lough from Mare Island. It is the
most distinctive and quiet of all the
service uniforms, and Is all the more
noticeable because of the former loud
colors, used by the marines. The
neat uniform is of dark forest green
color and quite stylish In its makeup
and design. Medford Mail Tribune.
RECORD OF THE PAST.
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Look well to their record. What
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gone by is the best guarantee of fu
ture results. Anyone with a bad
back, and reader suffering from urin
ary troubles, from kidney ills, should
find comforting words in the follow
ing statement:
S. F. Long, 364 Helman street,
Ashland, says: "I have used in all
two boxes of Doan'a Kidney Pills and
they gave me good relief from back
ache and other kidney and bladder
trouble. I recommend them witb
pleasure."
The above statement was gin on
March 11, 1913, and on March 15,
1919. Mr. Long said: "My former
recommendation for Doan's Kidney
Pills still holds good. I know they
can't be equaled for backache and
kidney trouble. When I have needed
a kidney remedy, Doan's have never
failed to give satisfaction."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Long had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. T.
Take care of the Thrift Stamps;
the War-Savings Certificates will
take care of themselves.
Largest
Automobile
Show,
Ever
Held
in the
Northwest
Feb.
7 to 13
Mi